Monday, April 18, 2005
I couldn't be more ready
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Ever since Alex did Turkey, my interest was piqued. Finally sent out my visa application. Fingers crossed. My theory is if I pray to a different god each day then by the end of the week I should have the most important one's covered. Three reports, two presentations and an exam away from being liberated. Before Turkey, I do have a brief action packed trip to the motherland to lookforward to. Unfortunate that my dad won't be with us then. He has to rush to Bombay this Wednesday cos my grandmom is getting operated. Nothing too critical, atleast we hope so, yet his presence is required. I have to select what tie I want to wear for my final "mini-thesis" defense this Thursday. The luminiscent yellow has always brought me good luck, though the velvet maroon has never failed me either. There are some voices that I can recognize from a MILE away. Karan Rai, the old INS trick gets old after a while ya know :).
I need a good book to read thats Turkey related. Any suggestions?
# posted by Surya Swamy : 11:10 AM
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I heartily recommend Chief Daniel Olorunfemi Fagunwa's "Ogboju Ode ninu Igbo Irunmale," (Forest of a Thousand Demons). Some say it is the best book written about Turkey to date
everyone's forgetting the most important part: WHAT TO WEAR. the trick is to wear sthg that will "mirror" the tastes of the people on your defense panel. it's an old trick in romance: if you see she likes something, do/say/wear it. mirroring.
obtuse example: i had an interview w/ madeleine albright the other day and sweetly asked her a question about her time at wellesley. she then voted to give me a lot of money because i made her all teary-eyed and sentimental (she's class of '59).
moral of the story: if they'll hate the yellow, wear the maroon. or vice versa. good luck!
obtuse example: i had an interview w/ madeleine albright the other day and sweetly asked her a question about her time at wellesley. she then voted to give me a lot of money because i made her all teary-eyed and sentimental (she's class of '59).
moral of the story: if they'll hate the yellow, wear the maroon. or vice versa. good luck!
mirroring the tastes of a forty somethin year old Cyprian (the country not prostitute), a 25 year old rap loving young professional, a Lebanese scientist and a know-it-all redneck prof is not particularly easy, atleast with a tie. But none the less an earnest attempt to reflect their tastes will be made one way or the other. Or maybe there is a tie out that captures all these flavors that I haven't discovered yet.
And special K, yes, it has to be done, let that not stop you from drunk dialing..ever.
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And special K, yes, it has to be done, let that not stop you from drunk dialing..ever.
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